Mahler 6 with Marin Alsop
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
Esther Yoo violin
Repertoire
Bernstein: Serenade after Plato's Symposium for violin, strings & percussion
Interval
Mahler: Symphony No.6
Lessons in Love and Violence
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner
Nathaniel Sullivan baritone, King
Gyula Orendt baritone, Gaveston
Georgia Jarman soprano, Isabel
Toby Spence tenor, Mortimer
James Way tenor, Young King
Hannah Sawle soprano, Witness 1, Singer 1, Woman 1
Joanne Evans mezzo-soprano, Witness 2, Singer 2, Woman 2
Andri Björn Róbertsson bass-baritone, Witness 3, Madman
Repertoire
George Benjamin: Lessons in love and violence - opera in 2 parts (semi-staged)
Chineke! Orchestra: Hailstork + After Dark
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Tatiana Pérez conductor
Plínio Fernandes guitar
Repertoire
Stravinsky: Suite No.1 for chamber orchestra; Suite No.2 for chamber orchestra
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar & orchestra
Interval
Eliana Echeverry: Suite Arrullos sinfónicos (Symphonic lullabies) from Diez lunas para una espera (10 Moons for waiting)
Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No.1
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Plays Shostakovich
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
Repertoire
Rachmaninov: Symphony in D minor (Youth)
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.2
Interval
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.1
Brigitta Muntendorf: Last Show
Performers
London Sinfonietta
Xizi Wang conductor
Repertoire
Brigitta Muntendorf: Last Show (World premiere)
A German Requiem: Diana Damrau & Gerald Finley
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Simone Young conductor
Diana Damrau soprano
Gerald Finley baritone
Repertoire
Strauss: Intermezzo (Moonlight Music) from Capriccio; Das Rosenband, Op.36 No.1; Ständchen, Op.17 No.2; Freundliche Vision, Op.48 No.1; Zueignung, Op.10 No.1
Interval
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Hayato Sumino Presents Chopin Orbit
Performers
Hayato Sumino piano
Repertoire
Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20; Etude in A flat, Op.25 No.1
Hayato Sumino: Lydian harp; Post rain (Improvisation on Chopin's Prelude in D flat, Op.28 No.15 (Raindrop))
Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (Marche funèbre)
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
Interval
Chopin: 3 Mazurkas, Op.59
Thomas Adès: Mazurka, Op.27 No.2
Chopin: Etude in G flat, Op.10 No.5 (Black keys)
Hayato Sumino: White keys; Polonaise; Improvisation on the ostinato from Chopin's Berceuse in D flat, Op.57
Chopin: Etude in A minor, Op.25 No.11 (Winter wind)
Stravinsky: 3 Movements from The Firebird Suite arr. Guido Agosti for piano
Concerto Italiano: Monteverdi’s Madrigals
Performers
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini director
Repertoire
Monteverdi: Madrigals, Bk.3
Christmas Oratorio: Parts 1 – 3
Performers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Václav Luks conductor
Sofia Kirwan-Baez soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Guy Cutting tenor
Florian Störtz bass
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
Repertoire
Zelenka: Credo from Missa Omnium Sanctorum, ZWV.21
Bach: Cantata 1 (Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage)
Interval
Bach: Cantata 2 (Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend); Cantata 3 (Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen) from Christmas Oratorio. Performed in German, with surtitles.
Nobuyuki Tsujii: Beethoven, Grieg & Tchaikovsky
Performers
Nobuyuki Tsujii piano
Repertoire
Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98 arr. Liszt for piano (S.469); Piano Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata)
Interval
Grieg: Arietta; Waltz from Lyric Pieces, Bk.1, Op.12; Erotic from Lyric Pieces, Bk.3, Op.43; March of the trolls; Nocturne from Lyric Pieces, Bk.5, Op.54; Wedding day at Troldhaugen from Lyric Pieces, Bk.8, Op.65
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a arr. Pletnev for piano
Manchester Collective: Black Gold
Performers
Manchester Collective
Luke Mombrea live electronics
Repertoire
Programme includes: -
Bach: Selection of chorales from the Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book), BWV.599 - 644
Tenney: Shimmer; Array (a'sysing) from Glissade
Sasha Scott: New work (London premiere)
Luke Mombrea: Black gold (with visuals by Nate Mohler)
Christmas Oratorio: Parts 4 – 6
Performers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Václav Luks conductor
Sofia Kirwan-Baez soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Guy Cutting tenor
Florian Störtz bass
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
Repertoire
Zelenka: Statio quadruplex for Processione Theophorica, ZWV 158
Bach: Cantata 4 (Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben)
Interval
Bach: Cantata 5 (Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen); Cantata 6 (Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben) from Christmas Oratorio. Performed in German, with surtitles.
While you're with us
Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in
Thinking
Fountains
Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.
Modified Social Benches
Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.
William Pye's Zemran
Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.